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United States Patent | 5,344,632 |
Tang | September 6, 1994 |
A method for reducing sulfur oxides emissions in a combustion process in which flue gases containing entrained fuel and sorbent particles are humidified so that the sulfur oxides are absorbed on the sorbent particles to reduce the discharge of the sulfur oxides into the environment.
Inventors: | Tang; John T.-Y. (Easton, PA) |
Assignee: | Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation (Clinton, NJ) |
Appl. No.: | 030753 |
Filed: | March 12, 1993 |
Current U.S. Class: | 423/244.07; 423/243.01 |
Intern'l Class: | C01B 017/00 |
Field of Search: | 423/244.07,244.08,244.01,244.06 |
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